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I'm in the process of making a coconut water flask, I've bowdrilled a hole into one end for a wooden stopper, but there's still meat inside. Since there's only a small hole, getting the meat out by gouging and scraping with a flexible wire would probably take forever and I'd probably miss parts...

Hi all, I just have a few unanswered questions that have been nagging me for a while with regards to producing cordage from bark fibres. If anybody could help me out here it'd be fantastic. Firstly, is it generally the thin cambium layer or the inner bark that is used to make string (I think it...

A few months back I remember trying out the fire plough for a few days and managing to produce a few embers using a weathered piece of dead sycamore I think it was. Recently I collected a variety of woods to experiment with (lime, horse chestnut, hazel, willow, poplar, western red cedar). Most...

I have some advice for those who are on the quest to be able to make fire consistently using the hand drill method. Firstly, materials. Material choice is critical for success with the hand-drill. It's not like the bow drill where any woods will do. For consistent success, you'll want the best...

Hi all, Eoghan from Ireland here, I've been at bushcraft/survival skills for about 2 years now and have come a long way already, unfortunately there isn't any properly wild areas in this country to really get lost and put skills into practice (trapping/hunting) etc. Of late, I'm particularly...